About the day » Thursday June 16, 1921Calender converter

• Anna Catharina van Es, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Christina Maria van Heck, Alphen († 1967)
• Adrianus Rotscheidt, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2010)
• Arend Otten, Hoogeveen nederland († 1971)
• Abraham Nordbeck († 2006)
• Berendina Schulenberg, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1928)
• Adrianus Henricus Egberts, Ter Aar (Papenveer) († 1988)
• Aalbert van Zeggelaar, Lunteren-Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1992)
• Lamers, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arthur George O'Connor, St Catherine Parish, Jamaica († 1994)

• Anna Femke Femma Beekes (27), Blaricum
• Nn Fidom (0), Hoogeveen
• Adriaan Bakker (0), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Alberta Koerts (24), zuidbroek
• Anna Maria Agnes Sundrup (67), Schiedam,-
• Anna Elisabeth Scholder (86), Amsterdam
• Akke Arjens van der Woude (61), Leeuwarden
• Albert Lucas (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Andrea Maria Holterman (0), Zwolle, Ov, Nederland
• Adrianus Versendaal (64), Numansdorp

• 1917 » Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer († 1989)
• 1917 » Katharine Graham, American publisher († 2001)
• 1917 » Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1999)
• 1920 » Hemanta Mukherjee, Indian singer and music director
• 1920 » Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author († 2002)
• 1920 » José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico († 2004)
• 1920 » Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic († 2002)
• 1922 » Ilmar Kullam, Estonian basketball player and coach († 2011)
• 1923 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver († 1962)
• 1924 » Faith Domergue, American actress († 1999)

• 1902 » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
• 1918 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Jantje
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
• February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
• June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
• June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
• August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
• September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
• November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

The temperature on June 16, 1921 was between 6.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.